Therapeutic massaging device



Oct. 18, 1966 H. s. KRIMMEL 3,279,463

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGING DEVICE Filed Aug. 14, 1965 FIG.5

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United States Patent 3,279,463 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGING DEVICE Harry S.Krimrnel, 510 Seminole Drive, Erie, Pa. Filed Aug. 14, 1963, Ser. No.302,131 2 Claims. (Cl. 128-62) This invention relates to therapeuticdevices and, more particularly, to the type of therapeutic device knownas a back scratcher.

Various types of devices for scratching or massaging the human back havebeen provided wherein a scratching or massaging member is attached to anelongated handle. These devices are difiicult to use and inconvenient toretain in storage. It has been discovered that by providing a suitableback scratcher and attaching it to a door frame or the like, thescratcher can be made simple in construction and will be convenient touse and economical to manufacture.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide animproved therapeutic device.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved device forscratching and massaging the human back.

A further object of the invention is to provide a back scratcher whichis simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and simple andefiicient to use.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsof the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is an enlarged partial view of a device according to theinvention;

FIG. 2 shows the invention supported for use;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged top view of the device;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the pintle; and

FIG. 5 is an end view of the device.

Now with more particular reference to the drawing, a back scratcherwhich is generally a therapeutic device, is indicated generally at 10.The device has two plate like members 11 and 12 which are integrallyattached together along one longitudinal end and are generally at rightangles to each other.

Pintle members 13, 14, 15, and 16 are integrally attached to the platelike members 11 and 12 and extend therefrom parallel to each other andspaced from each other in longitudinal rows as indicated. The pintlemembers are generally cylindrical and taper from the end adjacent theplate like members 11 and 12 to the outer end and terminate in agenerally spherical end 17.

The device 10 may be attached to a support such as the corner of a doorframe as shown in FIG. 2. It may be at tached thereto by any convenientfastening means such as screws 18 which may extend into the door frameor it could be attached by any suitable adhesive. The device may beattached with its upper end slightly above the 3,279,463 Patented Oct.18, 1966 "ice shoulder height of the average individual so that a personcan scratch, massage, or otherwise treat his back easily andconveniently thereon.

The device may be approximately eighteen inches long, for example. Thepintle members 13 to 16 may be, for example, one inch long and they maybe spaced, for example, one-fourth inch. The rows themselves may bespaced one-fourth inch, for example. The pintle members at the ends ofthe rows may be slightly shorter than the other and the length of thepintle members may increase gradually from the end toward the center.There could be a single row on each side instead of the two rows shown.The plate like members 11 and 12 could be about one inch wide and theentire device could be molded from polyethylene material or othersuitable material which can be injection molded. It could also be madeof metal or other suitable material.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferredpractical forms but the structure shown is capable of modificationwithin a range of equivalents without departing from the invention whichis to be understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claims.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property orprivilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A therapeutic device comprising two plate like members disposed atright angles to each other and integrally attached together,

each said plate like member having a first and a second side, and pintlemembers integrally attached to said first sides of said plate likemembers and extending therefrom in the same direction and parallel toeach other,

said second sides of said plate like members being disposed at rightangles to each other,

said device having means thereon for attaching it to the corner of adoor frame.

2. The device recited in claim 1 wherein said pintle members aregenerally cylindrical in shape,

slightly tapering in a direction away from said plate like members, andterminating in a generally hemispherical end,

said therapeutic device being adapted to be attached to the corner of asupport such as a door frame at approximity shoulder height wherebyhumans can contact said device with their bodies.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS RICHARD A.GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

L. W. TRAPP, Assistant Examiner.

